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Title: 3-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridinone chelating agents

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OSTI ID:335461

Disclosed is a series of improved chelating agents and the chelates formed from these agents, which are highly effective upon both injection and oral administration. Several of the most effective are of low toxicity. These chelating agents incorporate within their structure 3-hydroxy-2-pyridinone (3,2-HOPO) moieties with a substituted carbamoyl group ortho to the hydroxy group of the hydroxypyridinone ring. The electron-withdrawing carbamoyl group increases the acidity, as well as the chemical stability towards oxidation and reduction, of the hydroxypyridinones. In the metal complexes of the chelating agents, the amide protons form very strong hydrogen bonds with the adjacent HOPO oxygen donor, making these complexes very stable at physiological conditions. The terminal N-substituents provide a certain degree of lipophilicity to the 3,2-HOPO, increasing oral activity. 2 figs.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Insts. of Health, Bethesda, MD (United States); National Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
Assignee:
Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,892,029/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-837,729; CNN: Grant AI 11744;Grant DK32999;Grant ES 02698; TRN: 99:004569
OSTI ID:
335461
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 6 Apr 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English